Clothes-line support.



M. RUTH.

CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT. APPLICATION IILED APR.17, 1912.

1,03,968, Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

WITNESSES INI/EIVTOR MGK ATTORNEYS of the German Emperor,

Jersey City,

, NT FFICE- MAX RUTH, or aniasny our; NEW JERSEY.

CLOTHES-LINE surroar.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

application filed Jlpril 17, 1912. Serial No. 691,389.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, MAX RUTH, a subject and a resident of in the countyof Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and ImprovedClothes-Line Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to an improvement in clothes line supports, and itcomprises a compact attachment that can be easily mounted upon the sideof a house adjacent a window thereof, and by means of which the clothesline can be readily and conveniently operated to enable the wash to behung out to be dried and taken in after drying.

Reference is to behad to theaccompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification, in which the same characters of reference indicate thesame parts in all the views.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my clothes line support inposition beside a window; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same; andFig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Referring particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 represents awindow frame, and 2'the window therein.

My support comprises a'base 3 which is secured to the outer wall of abuilding be-.

side the frame 1; and to the base 3 is connected integrally or otherwisean outwardlyextending plate 4. This plate 4 supports an operating'wheelor drum 5 mounted to rotate free upon a stud or spindle 6, rigid withthe plate 4, the clothes line passing over the wheel 5 to be movedthereby when the wheel is turned. This wheel comprises a pair of disks 7connected by means of bars 8, providing a frame construct-ion; and it isto be understood that the plates 7 are perforated at their centers toreceive the stud 6, and may be connected by means of a hollow hub whichfits upon the stud 6, if desired. v

Rigid with the wheel 5 by being secured to one of the disks 7 is a gearwheel 9, this gear wheel 9 being centrally perforated to allow the stud6 t5 pass therethrough, and' being located between one of the disks 7and the plate 4.

is a pawl mounted upon a projection 11 carried by the plate 4, to engagethe teeth of the wheel 9 and hold the same in any givenposition,preventing. it from moving bacrward when the wheel or drum 5 ate Thegear wheel 9 is actuated by means of a pinion 12 having a hollow boss 13project- 1ng from one face thereof. a reduced portion 14, and terminatesin a polygonal extremity l7; and the boss is hollow, as shown in Fig. 3,to enable the same to fit over a stud 18, projecting from one face ofthe plate 4, so as to mount the pinion 12 pivotally on the plate 4.

19 is a crank which fits over the polygonal end 17 of the boss 13; and15 is a link which is slipped. over the reduced section 14 of the boss,and fits against the shoulder separating the body of the boss 13 fromthe reduced section 14, the other end of this link being slipped overthe end of the stud 6, and held in position by means of a retainingdevice 16, which is passed through an aperture in the end of the stud.The link and retaining device thus serve not only to hold the wheel 5and gear 9 on the stud 6, but also serve to hold the gear 12 on the studl8; and thus the parts are prevented from ever getting separated fromthe base 3 and plate 4.

The clothes lineis shown at 20, and it is passed over the operatingwheel 5, this clothes line being preferably in the form of a' closed looand being supported at its opposite end. y means of an ordinary pulleymounted upon a pole or wall. When the wash is to be hung out it ispinned upon the lower line of the rope 20, and the crank turned torotate the wheel 5 in a counterclockwise direction. This wheel will beheld against return movement by the pawl 10; and when the wash has beendried it is necessary to lift the pawl 10 in order to bring the sameback to the window to enable the garments to be removed from the ropeand taken in.

I wish to have it understood that this application illustrates anddescribes but one embodiment of my invention, and that I do not care tobe limited to the details thereof,

but reserve to myself the right to make such changes in the shape, sizeand arrangement of the parts as fairly fall within the scope and spiritof my invention. 1

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

The combination of a base having a stud, projecting therefrom, anoperating wheel is oper- This boss 13 has pivotally mounted upon saidstud, said stud extending through said wheel, a gear wheel rigid withsaid operating wheel and located between the same and the base, a pawlcarried by the base and engaging the gear to prevent the same frommoving in one direction while permitting it to move freely in theother-direction, a second stud, a second gear wheel having a hollow bossreceiving said second stud to be, pivotally mounted upon said base, saidboss being closed at-one end and having a reduced section adjacent itsclosed end terminating in a shoulder, a link having a perforation at oneend receiving said reduced section and fitting against said shoulder,and another perforation at its opposite end to give passage to the outerend of the first-named stud,' means carried b the first-named stud tohold the link in p ace, and a crank for engaging the outer end of theboss beyond the shoulder to operate the gears.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MAX RUTH.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM F. NICKEL, J OHN P. DAVIS.

